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Reviews by jamiejohnson:

4/5 rDev +10.2%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Just came in from working a hot 100% plus CA day and this tangy beverage is going down good. The wit style keeps growing on me more and more, especially in summer. The organic aspect is a definite plus. This might be a good beer to convert a craft brew beginner, especially the females. Overall, this is an excellent example of the style. I hope New Belgium keeps it in their stable for a long time.

Crisp and clean,
A taste of wheat.
There's no better way
To beat the heat.

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Me and my wife split a bottle,its not a style Iam big on but my wife really enjoys a good witbier. Poured into an oversized wine glass a slight hazed lemonade light yellow with a thinner white head that left some shotty lace as it settles quickly.Mild but pleasant aromas of toasted cereal grain and coriander spice,som lemon-like citrus aromas show thru as well.Flavors are light and flavorful,light lemon and slight phenolic spice with a very nice lingering toasted grain flavor in the aftertaste.Hey for a warm spring day like today this is great,not overly complex by any means but it is a thirst quencher.

Hazy yellow beer. Hints of banana and coriander in the aroma, estery. Taste is clean with a faint hint of clove and coriander in there. Overall, this is a nice clean beer that goes well with hot weather and an urge to drink. It won't knock your socks off, but I'd put it next to a Hoegaarden any day.

This beer has a big, bright white head, merangue head. It sticks around and leaves a good lace. The beer is a light, hazy, yellow color, the color isn't that nice but I'm finding it oddly appealing.

The nose is hefe-like, but mustier. Lemon and banana, faint spice in background, wheat, nutmeg? Reminds me quite a bit of Hoegarrden in taste. It is bright, zippy, yeasty, with a banana undertone. There is a drying, phenolic pfinish. This seems to be one of the most true-to-style US wits I've had I think. It is intensely refreshing and subtle, but I wish there was just a bit moe going on.

The taste is smooth like it should be, a strong wheat backbone with once again right level of coriander spicing. I'm glad it isn't overly done like many interpretations but at a level i prefer, noticeable but not overbearing.

The mouthfeel is pretty spot on, a slickness from the wheat but not too oily. It has medium carbonation, drinkability is very nice, unoffensive all around nice beer.

The flavor comes together nicely and a surprising enjoyable offering from a brewery where I am usually unimpressed with their normal offerings.

Pours a pale straw yellow, slightly cloudy, with minimal head. There is a pretty constant, but rather thin, ring of white bubbles that hangs around but no real lacing to speak of.

Aromas are faint, delicate, and a nice spicy wheat maltiness. The usual aromas of the style are present but rather light.

Initial flavors rolling over the tongue are light and spicy, quite spicy actually, but delicate - a lot of delicate spice if that makes sense.
It leans more toward a coriander type of spiciness versus that of something stronger, such as clove. The flavors stay light and tight throughout the experience with some wheat in the finish. The finish is a touch dry, quick, and more of that same spice.

Mouthfeel is rather light and spritely with lots of fine carbonation on the tongue. It really does work with the flavors pretty well and seems to enhance whatever that spicy thing is. Easy drinking but those spice notes would limit my personal consumption to just one or two at time unless I was pairing it with the right food. Overall, a nice brew, enjoyable, and interesting. Definitely worth checking out but probably not for the masses.

Poured into a pint glass with a cloudy, light-yellow "lemonade" appearance and a thin white foam head. Aroma is of fruity esters and coriander. Mouthfeel is light bodied with a lower carbonation level than expected for this style. Soft tasting wheat malt flavor with a hint of lemon. No bitterness to speak of. Drinkability is very good on this one.

12 oz bottle, best by 6/22/07. Pours a cloudy light yellow with some thicker yeasties. The head is white and fizzy and quickly dissipates to a thin film that leaves a little lacing.

The aroma is bananas, musty yeast, and orange peel.

The flavor is wheat and lemony citrus and some spices (clove and banana) in the background. It has a nice zing to it. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied (thicker than expected) with low carbonation, but more syrupy than watery.

Overall, much better than expected. It's more fruity than a traditional wit, but I like it. It's light but refreshing and pleasant.

12 oz bottle pours a lemonade hued body with a small white head. A few flecks of lace are left on the glass. Restrained aroma features wheat, yeast, white pepper and some coriander. Light bodied with crisp carbonation. Taste is decent enough but unremarkable. Notes of wheat, yeast, citrus, pepper and coriander mingle nicely. Crisp and refreshing, this would be an excellent summer quaffer.

Very, very pale yellow, probably lighter than a macro. White head that dissipates into a ring. Pretty phenolic, coriander, and a slight touch of creamed corn. A little bit of tanginess from the wheat shows up on the tongue, maybe a touch of banana and clove, some coriander is there. Maybe I'm on a Witbier kick, because I really enjoyed this and Bell's 8000 recently, much more so than others seem to. High carbonation with lighter than medium body. I'm surprised I liked this so much, good job New Belgium.

Poured a light yellow color into a pint glass. This beer smells about like you would expect a Belgian White to smell (sorry I can't be more specific). I got some citrus flavors in the beer, but overall, this beer didn't have much in the way of flavor. This would be a great beer to drink on a hot day, but other than that, it was not too appealing to me. Not a bad drink, but nothing special.

Purchased a 6-pack from my favorite establishment. Let it sit in the fridge to get to the right temp overnight and then poured into a tall, glass mug. Thoughts below:

A: Poured a nice yellow color. Good amount of fog for a wheat beer in my opinion. Minimal head but lots of lace for this bottle.

S: Typical beer smell with a hint of orange to me. Very pleasant and a joy to sniff on pouring.

T: Very smooth to drink. Tastes run of the mill at first, but after letting it sit for a moment it got a lot better. Hint of orange and lots of coriander kicked in. Overall very fresh and pleasant to drink over time.

M: Once again, very smooth. Pleasant amount of carbonation and a nice, cool taste. Sits very well.

Overall, a good beer. Not too bad for my first BA review. Will try this one again, and I'm excited to run the New Belgium line. Cheers!

Nice thick 1" head, died down to 1/2" after a minute. Very interesting color.. Almost looks like "Country Time" Lemonade. Hazy, yet bubbles are apparent - some appear to be in suspension.

Smell is slightly citrus, a little bit of yeasty notes, but not Strong. Taste very interesting. Some citrus yet and also some spice notes. Bottle mentions sour, but I don't find it sour or bitter.

Brew has nice bubbles that make for a pleasant mouth feel. Lower alcohol than what I have been drinking make this a good session brew. Although it is 60º here in Scottsdale right now, I think this beer is better suited for summertime use, when it is 115º at 10PM.

Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Tulip. Best by October 23, 2011.

Appearance: Extremely cloudy and about the palest yellow I have seen (besides for some nasty light macros). Nice frothy head that leaves some light lacing.

Smell: Aroma is dominated by orange with some coriander, clove and wheat.

Taste: Very citrusy, with both the orange peel and lemon peel coming to the forefront. The wheat malt base is also fairly evident, and there is some light banana and clove from the yeast. The clove continues through the finish, along with coriander and peppery hops.

Feel: High carbonation, fairly light body. Finish is quite dry.

Overall: Very refreshing and flavorful Wit. The amount of citrus flavors added is almost too much, but ultimately the wheat, coriander and yeast provide the needed balance.

Note: New Belgium has never been my favorite brewery, as I find most of their American styles to have the same biscuity malt backbone, and even many of their Belgian beers suffer from mouthfeel issues. However, the most recent beers I have had from them (this, Somersault and especially La Folie) have been impressive for their respective styles. So I may need to keep a more open mind.

Seems that everyone who has this on tap really likes it. I had it out of the bottle. Pours clear yellow with a frothy white head. Aroma of rotting wheat and B.O. with a hint of death/old blood. Fortunately, the taste was infinitely better. Light, wheat and citrus flavors up front with a smooth spiciness on the back. I actually switched from drinking this out of a glass to straight from the bottle to avoid the horror of the aroma. It helped.

Smells of heavy coriander and orange peel, with a hint of wheat grain--exactly as the label leads you to expect.

These aromas translate almost exactly onto the tongue, the coriander, orange peel, and wheat grain being the most immediately obvious flavors, and constitute the larger portion of what you might find on the palate, along with a subtle thread of Grape Nuts cereal-like grains. Hops are light, adding only a small bitterness, and medium-heavy carbonation gives the brew a sparkly, slightly effervescent buzz on the tongue.

Overall, this is a good example of what a White beer should be, the bright flavors dancing on the tongue wonderfully. If there is anything negative to be said about this beer, it might be that, while it is a good White beer, its flavors don't seem to offer anything new to the category, and left me instantly making comparisons to Hoegaarden. What we're left with, then, is a truly excellent, average brew, if you can follow that logic.

From notes. L: Pours a cloudy golden straw color with a 2” clingy white head that produces good lacing. S: Has a subtle aroma of clove, coriander, citrus, traces of banana, yeast and bready malt. T: Yeasty wheat malt seasoned with spices, orange, lemon, and banana. F: Medium body and medium carbonation. O: A good American interpretation of the Belgian Witbier style, it is very drinkable on a hot day, and is also a beer you can serve to people not used to strong flavored beer

Appearance: A very cloudy and light yellow with lots of bubbles and a fair amount of particles moving around. Solid two finger white head with good retention and a light amount of lacing. Quite a unique look.

The beer pours a light straw yellow, opaque with a fine foamy head that dissapates within a minute.

The nose has obvious hints of spice, coriander, some citrus peel and a nice and subtle crisp hop character. The yeast aromas are light and not particularly complex, but fine and enjoyable.

Mouthfeel is light but there is more malt character than what I would have expected, some citrus elements and a pronounced bubblegum taste on the finish. Not offensive, but perhaps not as sophisticated as you would want it.

All in all a good beer, nice flavors and a killer "hot-summer-day-beer" but a little simplex and I would get tired of the candy-like flavors if I drank it too often.